International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), P.O. Box 5466, Aleppo, Syria, and Root and Tuber Program, IRAD, B.P. 2123 Messa, Yaoundé, Cameroon. German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (DSMZ) c/o BBA, Messeweg 11/12, D-38104 Braunschweig, Germany. Virginia State University, Agricultural Research Station, Box 9061 Petersburg, VA 23806, USA ADAS Arthur R...

BACKGROUND There is substantial evidence from high income countries that neighbourhoods have an influence on health independent of individual characteristics. However, neighbourhood characteristics are rarely taken into account in the analysis of urban health studies from developing countries. Informal urban neighbourhoods are home to about half of the population in Aleppo, the second largest c...

were reported to have occurred in Hamah, 35 deg. lat. N., long. 37 deg. E.?a town of 40,000 inhabitants, situated on the banks of the Orontes, and lying on the high road between Aleppo and Damascus. How the disease should have appeared in so inland a place without its being known to exist in any part of Turkey or any of the provinces contiguous to it was a mystery, and the first reports were dis-

Lettuce is a worldwide grown leafy vegetable rich in phytochemicals which are essential human diet. The aim of this study was to examine the effect genotype, microbiological fertilisers and season on rosette fresh weight components antioxidant activity. Six cultivars (green ‘Kiribati’, ‘Aleppo’, ‘Aquino’ red ‘Murai’, ‘Carmesi’, ‘Gaugin’) were greenhouse experiment during three consecutive seaso...

A 12 years old boy, diagnosed with psoriasis since childhoodwas referred to the dermatology clinic of Aleppo UniversityHospital,Syria with the chief complaint of erythematoushyperkeratotic lesions on the palms and soles.

Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a worldwide disease caused by an infection with the protozoan parasite Leishmania transmitted via sand flies. It is endemic in many of the poorest countries of all continents. "Aleppo boil" is one of the recognised names given to this disease in the medical literature. Although CL used to be well-controlled and well-documented in Syria, its incidence has dramatic...